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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Alabama Farmers Federation backs Heath Allbright for House District 11 seat
Education advocate Dakarai Larriett launches campaign for U.S. Senate
Conservative attorney Derek Chen announces state auditor candidacy
Wes Allen praises Trump’s executive order prioritizing election integrity
Alabama House passes bill to establish post-election audits
- Governor
- Legislature
Senate committee approves bill mandating abstinence-only sex education
House committee advances Ten Commandments, “Don’t Say Gay” bills
Bills to regulate CBD, hemp-based products advance in committees
House Ways and Means Committee passes bill to tax vape products
$9.8 billion education budget approved by Senate committee
- Economy
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Poarch Creek Indians purchase Birmingham Racecourse, plan resort
Innovate Alabama fosters a state where innovation doesn’t just exist — it thrives
Alabama grows with $7 billion in new investments in 2024
Alabama labor force steady at 57.6 percent, unemployment at 3.3 percent
- National
Sens. Britt, Tuberville vote for Senate Republicans’ budget plan
Sen. Britt reintroduces bipartisan legislation to expand telehealth access
Alabama Always sues, says cannabis board too biased to be fair
Gov. Ivey appoints Judge Tiffany B. McCord to Montgomery Circuit Court
Rep. Sewell’s statement on President Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement
- Education
House committee advances Ten Commandments, “Don’t Say Gay” bills
Montgomery school board moves forward with controversial superintendent selection
Troy University designated a Carnegie Research University
Past issues for MPS superintendent finalist raise more questions about search process
Gov. Ivey reminds Alabama families CHOOSE Act applications close next week
- Health
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Alabama Senate passes bill loosening regulations for religious vaccine exemptions
Alabama midwives and families criticize amendments to SB87 midwifery bill
Rural health activist talks telehealth innovations, facing funding cuts
HHS cuts $239 million in grants for Alabama public health, research programs
- Opinion
Opinion | The poor people are our problem
Opinion | Second chances, stronger communities: ABPP’s commitment to strengthen Alabama
Opinion | Gov. Ivey must say “No” to prescription drug price hikes for patients
Opinion | Smart tax policy would incentivize Alabamians who smoke to quit
Opinion | Wahl and APLS want to “protect kids” — by banning reality and truth
Economy
From record-high employment in February to today’s economic downturn, things have changed dramatically for the state’s workforce, but there is also some good news....
News
A tax filing shows yet another clear connection between Forbes and Rooney, and raises more questions about the objectives of CDLU and Forbes, who...
Featured Opinion
As healthcare professionals put their lives on the line, and scientists work to find a solution to our present dilemma, we now clearly see...
Courts
From the beginning, Forbes's "BanBalch.com" website set out to tarnish the law firm by claiming to expose “unsettling controversies surrounding Balch & Bingham,” much...
Featured Opinion
Our response to the immediate crisis will surely determine our long-term destiny, and the collective conscience of “we the people” can be the moral...
Governor
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, has scheduled a general fund budget hearing for early July — purportedly to prepare for the 2021...
Featured Opinion
Alabama is beset by a worldwide pandemic, economic collapse and a growing cry for social justice for its black citizens. Anyone of these crises...
Elections
Former state Representative Barry Moore will face Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman in a Republican primary runoff for Alabama’s Second Congressional District on July 14....
Featured Opinion
A small group of mostly peaceful protesters were shot with rubber bullets and tear-gassed by Huntsville Police and Madison County sheriff’s deputies after an...